Carpet Against Poverty
A body of work that brings humanitarian ideas into carpet design and uses the carpet as a means of responding to poverty.
Hamid Motahari · Designer
Iranian carpet heritage in contemporary life
Hamid Motahari is a designer whose practice grew from years of Iranian carpet design in the Tabriz style. He designs furniture, objects, jewellery and writing instruments that carry the carpet's visual language into contemporary life, alongside artistic projects on poverty and weavers' livelihoods.
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Objects from the logic of the carpet
The Iranian carpet is the recurring signature of Hamid Motahari's work. Across products and artistic projects, it connects a distinctive visual heritage with contemporary use, cultural continuity and attention to the lives surrounding the object.
About the practiceArtistic projects
The carpet as a carrier of meaning
Unfinished-carpet works
An avant-garde approach to the carpet that honours its weavers and draws attention to the difficult livelihoods of people who produce valuable objects.
The Cigarette
A carpet depicting a cigarette hangs from a wall, crumples at the floor and is burned in its lower section, addressing the effects of smoking on life and health.
Exhibited in
IranUnited KingdomUnited Arab EmiratesSpainPortugalTürkiye